HCM City urged to exert every effort to control pandemic by August
Ho Chi Minh City should make every effort to place its current COVID-19 outbreak under control by August, requested Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a July 2 meeting with the municipal steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
At a vaccination site in District 11 of Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City should make every effort toplace its current COVID-19 outbreak under control by August,requested Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a July 2 meeting with themunicipal steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
The official also ordered effective implementation of a large-scale healthscreening and vaccination drive. The city has to arrange goods distribution toensure the supply of necessities serving locals during the period of tightenedpandemic prevention measures.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
On the same day, Binh attended a ceremony to receive 279 billionVND (12.17 million USD) worth of donations from 23 organisations, businesses,and individuals to the municipal Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee and the committeefor the mobilisation, receipt and distribution of the city's COVID-19 preventionand control fund.
According to the chapter, between March 20 and July 1, the municipal VFF Ccommittee received morethan 867 billion VND in cash and kind, and pandemic preventionequipment.
As of 12pm on July, HCM City had recorded 5,187 COVID-19 cases./.
Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities have tightened COVID-19 prevention measures by setting up 25 task forces in 21 districts and Thu Duc city, and improving testing capacity to 1 million samples per day.
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At a vaccination site in District 11 of Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA) 
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
